The Central Bank urged Russians not to panic and not to trust scammers who are calling demanding to urgently withdraw money from their accounts until Russian banks are disconnected from SWIFT.
This message was published in the telegram channel of the Bank of Russia.
According to the Central Bank, scammers call Russians massively and scare that after SWIFT is turned off, money in bank accounts will become inaccessible. “It is not true. Funds of all clients on accounts in Russian banks are saved and will always be available. Disabling some banks from SWIFT will not affect this in any way. SWIFT is just a financial messenger used by banks around the world, its shutdown creates inconvenience for the international activities of banks, but does not affect operations within the country,” the Bank of Russia said.
According to the Central Bank, today all bank cards in Russia work normally. Customers of all banks can deposit, transfer and withdraw money from all their accounts.
